GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| savant | a person of learning |
| convention | agreement |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |